 | John Dryden - 1800 - 624 страници
...And this I think is the state of the question in dispute. It is therefore my part to make it clear, that the language, wit, and conversation of our age,...necessary to state in general, what this refinement is, of which we treat; and that I think will not be defined amiss, An improvement of our Wit, Language, and... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 634 страници
..., that the languoge, wit^ and con\/ Versation of our age, are improved and refined above the last j and then it will not be difficult to infer, that our...advantages. In the first place, therefore, it will be rteCessary to state in general, what this refinement is, of which we treat; and that I think will not... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 591 страници
...question in dispute. It is therefore my part to make it clear, that the language, wit, and cottrersation of our age, are improved and refined above the last ; and then it will not be difficult td infer, that our plays have received some part of those advantages. In the first place, therefore,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 462 страници
...And this, I think, is the state of the question in dispute. It is therefore my part to make it clear, that the language, wit, and conversation of our age,...to state, in general, what this refinement is, of which we treat ; and that, I think, will not be defined amiss, " An improvement of our Wit, Language,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 474 страници
...And this, I think, is the state of the question in dispute. It is therefore my part to make it clear, that the language, wit, and conversation of our age,...to state, in general, what this refinement is, of which we treat; and that, I think, will not be defined amiss,* " An improvement of our Wit, Language,... | |
 | 1845 - 826 страници
...— an " Essay on the Dramatic Poetry of the Last Age." In it he repeats the senseless assertion, " that the language, wit, and conversation of our age are improved and refined above the last;" and he takes care to inclnde among the writers of the last age, Shakspeare, Fletcher, and Jonson " In what,"... | |
 | John Wilson - 1846 - 360 страници
...defence—an " Essay on the Dramatic Poetry of the Last Age." In it he repeats the senseless assertion, " that the language, wit, and conversation of our age are improved and refined above the last;" and he takes care to include among the writers of the last age, Shakspeare, Fletcher, and Jonson. " In... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 720 страници
...garde aux 1. Defense of the Epilogue to lhe Com/uesf ofGrtnada.—Grounds o/ Criticism in Irayedy. 2. Language, wit, and conversation of our age are improved and refined above the last.... Let us consider in what the refinement of a language prinripally consists : That is either in rejeoting... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 728 страници
...Defense of the Epilogue to the Conguest ofGrcnadv.— G rounds uf Criticism in traitedy. 2. Langage, wit, and conversation of our age are improved and refined above the last.... Let us consider in what the refniement of a language principally consists : That is either in rejecting... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1866 - 442 страници
...maîtresse sur le théâtre ; son Berger « commet deux fois la même brutalité 1. » Nulle part 1. The language, wit, and conversation of our age are improved and refined above the last.... Let us consider in what the refinement of a language principally consista : That is either in rejecting... | |
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It is therefore my part to make it clear that the language, wit, and conversation of our age are improved and refined above the last ; and then it will not be difficult to infer that our plays have received some part of those advantages. 
